First GTA LNG cargo export

bp has safely exported the first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from its GTA Phase 1 project offshore Mauritania and Senegal. This follows completion of the first cargo loading activities announced on 17 April 2025. This milestone also confirms Mauritania and Senegal as LNG-exporting nations. The first shipment of LNG was transferred to a carrier from the project’s floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) vessel located 10 kilometres offshore, where the natural gas had been cryogenically cooled, liquefied and stored. Once fully commissioned, GTA Phase 1 is expected to produce around 2.4 million tonnes of LNG per year to feed into global energy needs, with an allocation of gas volumes also to be made available to the domestic markets in both countries when they are ready to receive it.